Walker's Jared Padalecki 'On the Mend' After Car Accident, Eyes Return to Work

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3 shot, 1 stabbed in fight at Phoenix airport on Christmas night
Phoenix police said four people who were injured when a fight turned violent at the airport on Christmas all knew each other.
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Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post, government officials told The Associated Press on Thursday, following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The two government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said Health Minister Duckenson Lorthe will be replaced by Justice Minister Patrick Pelissier until a new health minister is found.
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NYC taxi driver was having a medical episode when he jumped the curb and hit people, police say
A taxi driver whose car hit six pedestrians when he jumped a curb in a Manhattan shopping district on Christmas Day was having a medical episode at the time, New York City police said Thursday. An NYPD spokesperson would not elaborate on the type of type of medical episode but said no criminality is suspected at this time. The 58-year-old was taken to a hospital in stable condition for further evaluation.
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A baby was found on a Colorado street Christmas morning. His parents have been arrested.
The Adams County Sheriff's Office said the baby was discovered on Christmas morning in Denver by a passerby who stopped to help.
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Jennifer Crumbley requests to be released from prison pending appeal
Crumbley's attorney, Michael Deszi, filed a motion in the Oakland County Circuit Court on Thursday, arguing that Crumbley is not a "flight risk" and "poses no danger to the public."
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India's former PM Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday."As our Prime Minister, he made extensive efforts to improve people's lives."
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‘It’s a scary time’: US universities urge international students to return to campus before Trump inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration is leading to uncertainty and fear across US university campuses
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Israeli strikes in Yemen kill 4 people, Houthi-run media say
Israeli forces unleashed a series of deadly strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, according to Houthi-run media, killing at least four people and injuring more than a dozen others.
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Manmohan Singh, India’s former prime minister, dies aged 92, says hospital
India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92, according to statement from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
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Syria authorities arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties
Syria's new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar al-Assad issued death sentences for detainees in the notorious Saydnaya prison, a war monitor said Thursday.- Thousands of death sentences - According to the Association of Detainees and Missing Persons of Saydnaya Prison, Kanjo Hassan headed Syria's military field court from 2011 to 2014, the first three years of the war that began with Assad's crackdown on Arab Spring-inspired democracy protests
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Manmohan Singh: technocrat who became India's accidental PM
Manmohan Singh's father may have believed his bookworm son would one day lead India, but the understated technocrat with the trademark blue turban, who died Thursday at the age of 92, never dreamed it would actually happen."Our father always used to say Manmohan will be the prime minister of India since he stuck out among the 10 children," said Singh.
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Supposed Trump post telling Elon Musk to 'stay in your lane' is fabricated | Fact check
No such post appears on Trump's Truth Social account, nor are there reports from legitimate news outlets about Trump making the comment.
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Guatemala open to accepting Trump's Central American deportees, sources say
Guatemala has been proactive in preparing for a second Trump term compared with neighbors El Salvador and Honduras.
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An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union
A tightly-scripted meeting of the Russia-dominated economic alliance of several ex-Soviet nations briefly went awry Thursday when two leaders engaged in bickering during a live broadcast of the event. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other heads of states attended the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has increasingly sought to phase down his country's ties with Moscow and forge closer relations with the West, joined the meeting via video link after canceling his trip following a positive test for COVID-19.
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Panama president rules out talks with Trump over canal threat
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with Donald Trump over control of the Panama Canal, which the US president-elect threatened to demand be returned to Washington.If Panama could not ensure "the secure, efficient and reliable operation" of the channel, "then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question," he said.
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Marianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair
Marianne Williamson, an author and former Democratic presidential candidate, announced Thursday that she is launching a campaign to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq steady, bitcoin slumps after Christmas break
US stocks were set to open post-Christmas trading with a bit of a hangover.
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The bald eagle's soaring comeback: From near extinction to official US bird
The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 years, returned from near extinction to become America's bird − officially − this week.
AFP
Acid risk contained in deadly Brazil bridge collapse
Authorities in Brazil on Thursday said the risk of acid pollution from a bridge collapse in the country's north has been contained, as they raised the death toll from the disaster to eight.A local government environment official, Caco Graca, told TV Globo that "the risk of pollution and impact on the environment" was "low."
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Azerbaijan believes missile downed plane, Russia warns against 'hypotheses'
The Kremlin on Thursday cautioned against "hypotheses" over the crash of an Azerbaijani plane heading for Russia, killing 38 people, which Azerbaijan officials reportedly believe was caused by a Russian surface-to-air missile.But several media outlets reported Thursday that Azerbaijani authorities believe the crash was caused by a Russian missile.

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